Where does “nagyszombat” come from?

nagyszombat (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szombat, from Koine Greek *σάμβατον.

nagyszombat (Hungarian): Holy Saturday

Definitions

  1. Holy Saturday

Ancestry of “nagyszombat”, step by step

nagyszombat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian szombat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianszombatSaturday; Sabbath
2Koine Greek*σάμβατον—

via Hungarian Nagy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianNagybig, great

Words derived from “nagyszombat”

Every word from Koine Greek *σάμβατον →Every word from Hungarian szombat →